This summer, as everyone finally begins to come down from iPhone mania, I've gotten hooked to a pair of quality soaps. And believe it or not, they both center around Apple.

First, there's the saga of Fake Steve Jobs. The satirical blog told from the point of view of everyone's favorite highly volatile ex-hippie tech visionary has become a hit in Silicon Valley, so much so that even Saint Stevie himself (or Real Steve Jobs as he's known on the blog) has admitted to being a loyal reader.

As the blog has picked up notoriety, speculation has grown as to the identity of its anonymous author. Such names as Valleywag and Business 2.0 have sought to uncover the real identity of Fake Steve Jobs.

Recently, the search has gone from light speculation to a full-on investigative operation. Some have even gone so far as to send Fake Steve spyware-laced e-mail messages, a-la HP. The development has drawn the ire of both FSJ and his loyal readers.

It has also, however, given a few leads as to the secret identity of the blogger. Fakesteve's IP address was reportedly traced to Boston, leading some to peg freelance journalist Andy Inhatko as the man behind the blog.

Inhatko declined to confirm or deny the accusations, noting that a response either way would only further fuel speculation.

The second great soap of the summer centers around the mysterious "Mac worm" that was announced earlier this week. Shortly after boasting about the worm, author Infosec Sellout had apparently amended the blog entry to remove all but a brief overview. This then touched off a whirlwind of speculation and wild accusations as to who was really behind the alleged worm.

This is where it gets complicated. An anonymous informant attempted to convince security researcher Cutaway to leak a story to ZDNet's George Ou claiming that Infosec Sellout blog was a joint venture between and underground group known has the Phrack High Council (PHC) and LMH, one of the researchers behind the Month of Apple Bugs project.  Cutaway instead posted the entire conversation to a company blog.

It was also reported that the takedown of the InfoSec Sellout blog was the work of researcher David Maynor. The group later denied this and attributed the takedown to an error by one of the posters.

From there, things only got stranger. An e-mail was then sent to the Full Disclosure list in which LMH claimed that he was in reality David Maynor, and that the infosec sellout blog was the work of Maynor's former boss Jon Rammsey.

Maynor denied that the e-mail was sent by him, noting several factual inaccuracies in the post, including the fact that Jon Rammsey was never Maynor's boss. Rammsey also denied the claim that he was behind infosec sellout.

...so there you have. Two tech sagas that would rival anything on daytime TV.

Pass the popcorn.